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    as Olaf the Black, was a thirteenth-century King of the Isles, and a member of the Crovan dynasty. He was a son of Guðrøðr Óláfsson, King of the Isles...
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  • Norse-Gaelic names. Olaf the Black, 13th-century Norse king Amlaíb Conung (King Olaf), King of Dublin, possibly identical with Olaf the White Olaf III Guthfrithson...
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  • Sweden, reigned c. 970 – 975 Olaf the Black, king of Man, mid-13th Olaf Haraldsen, anti-king of Denmark, died c. 1143 Olaf II of Denmark, king, 1370 –...
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  • Tradition dating to the late 18th century made him a son of Olaf the Black who was King of Man (r. 1225–1237). Heraldic evidence, dating to the late 17th century...
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    traditional progenitor of the MacLeods was Leod, made a son of Olaf the Black, King of Mann and the Isles, by a now-discredited tradition. An older, more accepted...
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  • claim descent. The earliest evidence of this traditional descent from Olaf the Black may only date as far back as the 17th century, from the era of Iain...
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  • Pastor Bernt Julius Muus. The college is named after the King and the Patron Saint Olaf II of Norway and is affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church...
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    (or "West-over-the-sea") is recorded of Olaf the White in the Eyrbyggja Saga and some sources believe these two individuals are one and the same. Amlaíb...
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    Sword of State (Isle of Man) (category National symbols of the Isle of Man)
    the third was lost in the mid-18th century. The Sword of State is popularly attributed to Olaf the Black, King of Mann and the Isles, who reigned from...
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    in the 12th century, the Manx kings began to lose territory and power in the Hebrides. Before the reigns of the three sons of Olaf the Black, the Manx...
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